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I assume it is a simple answer but am confused as to when I must use infinitive vs past participle…with past conditional
Tu aurais fait un bon professeur You would have made a good teacher
MAIS
J'aurais pu être un grand artiste.
I could have been a great artistI notice nearly all the subjects in these examples are proper nouns (with one qui?). When using a subject pronoun instead, would it become ce /c’ to avoid the il/elle + determiner construction ?
For example:
Elle est intelligente —> c’est la fille la plus intelligente de la classe
Hello,
Why is it not 'tu n'as pas de clope?'
I thought we used a partitive article rather than a definite article when doing negations? So, in this case, de vs. une.
Could someone please explain what "aidée" is agreeing with here? Why is it feminine?
Je ne suis pas sûr qu'il ________. I'm not sure he's coming.(
Je ne pense pas qu'elle ________ compter." I don't think she knows how to count.Could anyone explain the use of 'nous' in the second example but not in the first. I would see the constructions as similar.
Is the use of 'nous' in these cases optional?
Thanks guys
Hello, Can you please help me with this: "près de Madagascar et de l'île Maurice.". Why is it not "du île Maurice" ? because "de+le" = "du" isn't it?
Two phrases:
Je pense au match de football de la semaine prochaine.
Je pense à mon mariage le mois prochain.
Question: why preposition "de" is in front of "la semaine", but it is not in front of "le mois"?
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